Chapter 283 Swinging tentacles
The first thing to do when you get up early in the first day of the new year is to light incense for Zao Gong and Zao Po, and also at the door, and set off firecrackers after lighting.
A group of children covered their ears, and when the crackling of the firecrackers ended, they all gathered around excitedly and called Uncle San, who knew what they wanted to do with his ass.
"I know what you guys want to do when you poke your butt. It just so happened that you really won money last night. Come, come, line up for me, two cents per person."
"Wow ha ha ha ~ third uncle is so nice ~"
"hurry up…"
After one person received 20 cents, everyone was so happy that they could buy a lot of firecrackers.
Immediately afterwards, they began to search all over the floor for the remaining small firecrackers that hadn't finished ringing just now.
"What are you looking for, isn't it enough for you to buy?"
"Don't waste it, if you haven't put it away, you can pick it up and continue to put it!"
After a while, everyone had several small firecrackers in their hands, and they all happily said that they would go to the beach to set off and explode the water.
I don’t know if it’s because of the wind blowing up at night. I feel that the waves are a bit big in the early morning, and the weather is a bit gloomy, and the wind on the shore is a bit strong.
In the past month, there have only been a few days of cloudy and rainy weather, and most of them have been sunny. Today, the first day of the lunar new year is cloudy, and the weather is not beautiful.
Ye Yaodong thought that he hadn't had breakfast anyway, and he couldn't go to play cards early in the morning, so he walked to the shore with them, watching them throw firecrackers into the sea one by one, and from time to time they exploded into small splashes, and some There was no sound.
Three or two times, after setting off the small firecrackers I picked up in my hand, I felt unsatisfactory again. I touched the 20 cents in my pocket that hadn't been warmed up, and ran all the way to the village to buy firecrackers. .
Ye Yaodong continued to squat on the shore when he had nothing to do, watching the tide recede there, and picked up a few flat stones to float in the water.
He hit several three-shot bursts in a row, and when he was working hard, he heard his wife yelling for food at the door, so he had no choice but to throw away the stone in his hand and clap his hands.
Just as he was about to turn around, he saw something unusual on the sea in the distance from the corner of his eye. There were a few more white tentacles dancing around, but they stopped suddenly and started moving again after a while.
He felt a little strange looking at it, why can the tentacles be seen clearly from such a long distance?
If something goes wrong, there must be a demon, so he didn't rush to go back, and continued to stare at the sea, but the tide receded a bit slowly, and it was a bit difficult to wait.
Lin Xiuqing found that he couldn't be called, so she came over, "What are you doing? I told you to eat and didn't move for a long time. You are still watching here. What are you looking at? Where are the two children?"
"I went to buy firecrackers with a few of them. I guess I won't be able to come back. I'm stuck on the way. I'll eat it after it cools down."
"Then what are you doing here? Isn't the tide going out? It will be eleven or twelve o'clock when the tide goes down. If you want to go down, you have to wait until noon." She wondered.
"No, look at the distance, is there something like a whip dancing and hitting the water?"
Lin Xiuqing looked up, and it really looked like a whip was dancing wildly, but the movement was a little slow.
"What's that?"
"I don't know, the big guy is sure, but I don't know if it will run aground after the tide recedes."
In the sea, any living thing that can still move must be a big guy, don’t even think about it, and today is the first day of the new year, so it’s normal to have a high tide.
The more he thought about it, the more excited he was. He was really sitting at home, and the money came from the sky. In the past half a month, he only collected a ground cage occasionally, and he didn't release the net seriously. He was so powerful that the good goods were automatically delivered to the door .
It's really luck, and I can't stop it.
Lin Xiuqing was also excited when he said he was a big guy, "Really? Could it be something big again? But look at those whip-like ones, they should be tentacles, right? It can be seen from such a distance, so how big is it?"
"I haven't seen what it looks like, so it's hard to guess, but it must be very big. Looking at the tentacles, it looks like an octopus. It's just that I haven't seen such a big one. It's a bit strange."
"Octopus? It's really similar, but the tentacles are a little thicker."
"Being big, wouldn't the tentacles also be thick? Or last night's New Year's Eve cannon auspiciously, and today I sent a big one directly."
"It's outside, I don't know how to put it away, what are you talking about?" Lin Xiuqing glared at him angrily, "Then you stay here and watch slowly, I'll bring the child back for dinner first."
"Go, go, I'll watch here."
The location was quite embarrassing, and the boat couldn’t pass, the tide was ebbing, and the water level was too shallow. Should I swim there? It's too cold, so I can only wait for the tide to ebb on the shore.
Fortunately, the weather is a bit cloudy on the first day of the lunar new year. There is no sun. The women are busy cooking, the children are busy setting off firecrackers, and the men are busy playing cards. In the early morning, no one goes to the beach to blow the cold wind. Even their children go out to buy food. All the firecrackers can't come back.
Ye Yaodong just squatted by the beach in a daze, smoking a cigarette while looking at the sea, watching the tide recede little by little, but the big guy was still swinging in that position, not moving forward with the tide, the people watching were helpless .
But fortunately, today is the first day of the new year, and the tide can recede to the end. If it retreats more than 100 or 200 meters, it is estimated, should, and almost not far away, but it is a bit difficult to wait.
"I brought out the meal for you."
"Good wife, really sensible!" He laughed and snuffed out the half-smoked cigarette in his hand, and took the big bowl from her.
"It's windy at the beach, do you want me to get you a hat to wear?"
"It's okay, you go in first, don't catch a cold."
"Then do you want to go in and wait? The tide is not receding so fast, and it is uncomfortable to blow the cold wind for several hours here."
"I know, I'll watch for a while, you go in first." It's safer to look here, if you don't see it in the blink of an eye, someone else will go on the first step, then he will regret it with a pat on the thigh.
Lin Xiuqing had nothing to do with him and had to go in first. The two children were still eating by themselves and didn't know if the food was decent.
Ye Yaodong kept an eye on the sea surface while eating, and after pulling in a whole bowl of porridge, he took the bowls and chopsticks into the house first.
When Lin Xiuqing saw him entering the room, she quickly put a hat on him and tied a scarf on him, "It's Chinese New Year, don't catch a cold, it's unlucky, so wrap it up warmer."
He put his arms around her now thick waist, smiled and kissed her rosy cheek, "It's okay, I'm used to blowing at sea, it's so easy to catch a cold."
"Father, be ashamed~steal mother~shameless~"
"Shy face ~ shame face ~"
Ye Chengyang also imitated his brother's words, and then stretched out his index finger to scratch his own face.
Lin Xiuqing was also a little embarrassed in front of the two children, she gave him a reproachful look, and said in a soft voice: "I don't know how to restrain myself in front of the children, don't spoil them, the children will go out if they don't keep the door open." How embarrassing to say."
Ye Yaodong immediately squinted at the two sons beside him, and before he could warn, Ye Chenghu said in a very colorful way: "I didn't tell anyone that my father stole my mother! I didn't tell anyone that my father shamelessly hugs his mother to sleep every day." .”
Ye Chengyang followed and nodded, "Me neither!"
He directly ignored the eldest son scolding him for being shameless, "Well, you can brag as much as you like, but you are not allowed to talk about family affairs, especially about your parents, you know?"
The two nodded together.
Ye Yaodong patted his head and walked out. Seeing that there was no one around the shore, he was relieved, as long as no one noticed.
Originally going to walk towards the shore, after thinking about it, he stopped again and walked to his elder brother and second brother's house.
If it's really a big guy, he can't handle it alone, he has to call his two brothers to help, so that the fat and water don't flow into the fields of outsiders, and the three of them are close to each other, and he can't do anything close to him. Eat alone.
First knocked on the window of his second brother's house, and without waiting for his second brother's response, he immediately knocked on the window of his elder brother's house, and then waited at the door.
Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua were a little puzzled, they both shouted in their respective rooms, why?
Seeing that Ye Yaodong didn't respond, the two came out with the bowls and chopsticks to have a look, "What's the matter, Dongzi, why are you just knocking on the window without making a sound? What's the matter?"
"Yeah, why don't you go in and talk?"
"Hurry up and eat, go to the shore with me after eating, I just saw that the sea is a little different."
"Ah? Is there another red tide?" Brother Ye stretched his neck and looked towards the sea, "The sea water doesn't seem to have changed?"
Second brother Ye also didn't care about eating, stood on tiptoes, and stretched his neck, "I can't see it, is it going to be at night again to see the change?"
"If you take a closer look, don't you find anything different?"
"No, what is that thing on the sea? It seems to move?"
"It's like a whip, flicking and flicking."
"Eat your food first, I'll go to the shore and watch first." After speaking, Ye Yaodong lifted his feet and walked to the shore.
Eldest Brother Ye and Second Brother Ye didn't bother to eat slowly at this time, he fiddled with two mouthfuls casually, poured the remaining porridge into his mouth, and took the bowl and chopsticks in, his cheeks were bulging and he didn't swallow it, so he hurriedly followed superior.
"Dongzi, when did you find out?"
"Just before breakfast, I accompanied a few children to the shore to set off firecrackers. There was no movement on the sea at first, but after a while I saw something swinging there. It seemed that it must be something big, so I didn't dare I left, but I couldn't see what it was for a while."
The three brothers stood in a row on the shore, looking into the distance together, and discussing with each other there.
"I look a bit like an octopus' whiskers!"
"I think so too. Apart from octopuses, I can't imagine anything else with such long tentacles."
"The king squid is also possible."
Ye Yaodong rubbed his chin. Both are possible. There are giant octopuses and giant squids in this world. Those tentacles waving on the sea are quite suitable for these two kinds of creatures, but they can't be identified without seeing them up close. .
(end of this chapter)